Carolyn Carlson, Solo
1983 - Director : Labarthe, André S.
Choreographer(s) : Carlson, Carolyn (France)
Present in collection(s): Carolyn Carlson Company
Carolyn Carlson, Solo
1983 - Director : Labarthe, André S.
Choreographer(s) : Carlson, Carolyn (France)
Present in collection(s): Carolyn Carlson Company
Carolyn Carlson, Solo
Venice, 1983. On October 10, Carolyn Carlson gives La Fenice the first performance of her new solo, which she is both choreographing and directing. A week before the definitive form of the show, André S. Labarthe filmed the American dancer and captured moments of creative tension where the artist gradually gives birth to her work, where she repeats, comment her own work, hesitate, doubt, improvise. Nine months after the creation in Venice, Carolyn Carlson is at Théâtre de la Ville.
Source: Films-documentaires.fr
Carlson, Carolyn
California-born Carolyn Carlson defines herself first and foremost as a nomad. From San Francisco Bay to the University of Utah, from the Alwin Nikolais company in New York to Anne Béranger’s in France, from Paris Opera Ballet to Teatrodanza La Fenice in Venice, from the Théâtre de la Ville de Paris to Helsinki, from Ballet Cullberg to La Cartoucherie in Paris, from the Venice Biennale to Roubaix, Carlson is a tireless traveller, always seeking to develop and share her poetic universe.
She arrived in France in 1971 the beneficiary of Alwin Nikolais’s ideas about movement, composition and teaching. The following year, with Rituel pour un rêve mort, she wrote a poetic manifesto that defined an approach to her work that she has adhered to ever since: dance that is strongly oriented towards philosophy and spirituality. Carlson prefers the term ‘visual poetry’ to ‘choreography’ to describe her work. She creates works that express her poetic thoughts and a form of complete art within which movement occupies a special place.
For four decades, Carlson has had significant influence and success in many European countries. She played a key role in the birth of French and Italian contemporary dance through the GRTOP (theatre research group) at Paris Opera Ballet and Teatrodanza at La Fenice.
She has created over 100 pieces, a large number of which are landmarks in the history of dance, including Density 21.5, The Year of the Horse, Blue Lady, Steppe, Maa, Signes, Writings on Water and Inanna. In 2006, her work was rewarded with the first ever Golden Lion given to a choreographer by the Venice Biennale.
Nowadays, Carolyn Carlson is director of two organisations: the Atelier de Paris-Carolyn Carlson, an international centre for masterclasses, residencies and creating new works, which she founded in 1999 and the National Choreographic Centre Roubaix Nord-Pas de Calais until December 2013, which produces and tours shows all over the world.
More information: en.carolyn-carlson.com
Labarthe, André S.
André S. Labarthe was born on December 18, 1931 in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, as André Sylvain Labarthe. He was a director and producer. He died on March 5, 2018 in Paris, France.
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Carolyn Carlson, solo
Artistic direction / Conception : Alain Plagne
Choreography : Carolyn Carlson
Text : Commentaire dit par Jean-Claude Dauphin
Sound : Xavier Vautrin, Jean Mirondo
Other collaborations : Image : Jacques Audran, Maurice Perrimond, assistés de Régis Nahon / Montage : Danielle Anezin assistée de Françoise Besnier / Mixage : Jean-Pierre Laforce / Super 8 : Sammy Tygal /
Production / Coproduction of the video work : André Labarthe, INA
Duration : 58'10''
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